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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hexads” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

34 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
hexads1746819(None) 
heads95127111he_ads
hexad164910621hexad_
hexade17438901hexade
hexades18378701hexades
beads85429502be_ads
deads75726912de_ads
egads74610922_egads
exams14199082_exams
head87137172he_ad_
heady125117262he_ady
heals85733452he_als
heaps105223222he_aps
hears86737372he_ars
heats85838402he_ats
heeds95420422he_eds
heptads1335872heptads
heralds1137712heralds
herds96424682he_rds
hexadic2045412hexadic
hexane16379532hexane
hexanes17319462hexanes
hexapods2143402hexapods
hexed165615762hexed_
hexers165612752hexers
hexes155123042hex_es
hexyls1933432hexyls
hodads1147962hodads
jehads1735832jehads
leads66028492le_ads
meads85425322me_ads
menads95514382menads
reads64835272re_ads
texas126514932texa_s

Search took 3 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter178691825510.346516448.0
2DLD Change Limit82551342.57632046.2
3Display Results34340.0162125.0
 (SQL Overall)178691342.93860820.6
 
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